Japan:

By 1600, Japan has 300,000 Christians and some Japanese Priests. new Shogunate in Edo gets suspicious about Europeans. 1614, he banned Christianity and charged all Christians with “seeking to overthrow the government” 1617, Japan begins persecuting Christians (beheadings, crucifixion and forced recantations) ................
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